ليI have صاحِبٌa companion عَدِمتُهُmay I be rid of him
لي صاحِبٌ عَدِمتُهُ
أَقبَحَuglier مِنthan رِجسٍfilth وَخَمرِand wine
أَقبَحَ مِن رِجسٍ وَخَمرِ
I have a companion—may I be rid of him—
I have a friend, his friendship
Uglier than filth and wine.
Is uglier than vice and wine
أَلوىhe turns aside إِذاwhen قابَلتَهُyou meet him
أَلوى إِذا قابَلتَهُ
كَأَنَّهُas though he were سَوأَةَprivate parts عَمرُو‘Amr
كَأَنَّهُ سَوأَةَ عَمرُو
He turns aside when you meet him,
When I meet him, I find
As though he were ‘Amr’s private parts.
He's like the plague of Amr
Claude 2 is inferred from the historical translator configuration. The original record does not identify its model.